Archive | July 2015

I’m very disappointed at President Barack Obama’s remarks that Ethiopia has a “democratically elected government”. President Obama made the comment on Monday during a news conference with PM Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia, whose ethnic apartheid ruling party won every seat in parliament in May 24 elections. Will Ethiopia’s strategic position in Africa be used for […]

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Three Ethiopian journalists were released from prison three weeks ago, ahead of President Obama’s visit to the African nation. They are just some of victims who dared to criticize their government and went to prison for it. Now, the three are speaking about that repression and one is willing to risk […]

Barak Obama — addressing the African Union (AU) today: “If a leader says he is the only one who can hold the country together, then that leader has failed to build their nation…Nobody should be president for life. A country is better off with new blood and new ideas.” “I don’t understand why people want […]